Strong’s H4407 · Hebrew

מִלּוֹא
millôwʼ
mil-lo'

Definition

a rampart (as filled in), i.e. the citadel

Etymology

or מִלֹּא; (2 Kings 12:20), from H4390 (מָלֵא);

Where the KJV renders it

  • Millo. See also H1037 (בֵּית מִלּוֹא)

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